TANKER ACCIDENT UPDATE NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is continuing its investigation into an accident earlier today where a 793-foot tanker struck a pier on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Westwego, La. There were no reports of injuries ashore or on the Maltese-flagged tanker Tsunami. A Coast Guard helicopter overflight observed […]
Public Affairs Office Receives Generous Digital Imaging Grant from Kodak through the National Park Foundation (Washington, D.C.) — Public Affairs chief, David Barna announced today that the National Park Service Office of Public Affairs has received $4,724 worth of professional digital photography equipment from Kodak through the National Park Foundation as part of the Proud […]
STRIPED BASS RECREATIONAL SEASON – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Wednesday, January 5, 2005 the season for striped bass taken for a recreational purpose in the Albemarle Sound Management Area will open with the following restrictions: I. AREA DESCRIPTION: The […]
NOAA TEAM FREES WHALERare Endangered Right Whale Freed from Ropes and Buoys Jan 4, 2005 NOAA and its rescue team partners spent New Year’s Eve off South Carolina coast working to free a young endangered right whale entangled in ropes and buoys. The young Atlantic right whale was first spotted on Dec. 5 off the […]
Preservation Of Key Heritage Sites Marks 2004 RALEIGH – Several key natural areas in North Carolina received protection in 2004, thanks to the combined efforts of three state conservation trust funds, non-profit organizations and the new Ecosystem Enhancement Program.The North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund, the Natural Heritage Trust Fund and the Parks and […]
Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge to Rebuild Historic Pier The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge <http://mattamuskeet.fws.gov/swanquarter/> in Hyde County, North Carolina, today announced plans to rebuild the Bell Island Pier. “The pier was renovated in 2003 after Hurricane Floyd severely damaged it,” said Bruce Freske, refuge manager. Unfortunately, it was only open […]
COAST GUARD HELICOPTER CREW RESCUES FAMILY OF SIX NEAR FRIPP ISLAND CHARLESTON, S.C. — A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Facility Charleston rescued six people off of a small pleasure craft that had run aground in the marshes near Fripp Island this evening. Jim, Robert, Jennifer, Jamie, Hutch and Davis Roper, residence unknown, became […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES THREE BOATERS OFF LONGBOAT KEY CORTEZ, Fla. – The Coast Guard rescued three people tonight after their 12-foot Hobie Cat capsized four and a half miles off Longboat Key.William Klhpan, 52, his wife Cynthia, 49, and their 18-year old son, William, Jr., from Indian Hills Trails, Ky., borrowed the boat from the […]
COAST GUARD ESCORTS FISHING VESSEL MARY ANN TO SAFETY BOSTON – A rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Chatham successfully escorted the Gloucester, Mass.-based 62-foot fishing vessel Mary Ann into Hyannis harbor, Mass. at 9:30 a.m. today. No one was injured. All crewmembers were wearing cold-water immersion suits. Once safely moored in Hyannis harbor, […]
General Category Re-opens January 2 – 4, 2005, and transfers BFT Quota NOAA Fisheries has determined to reopen the coastwide General category Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) fishery for the time period of 12:30 a.m. January 2 through 11:30 p.m. January 4, 2005, inclusive. NOAA Fisheries has also determined that a quota transfer from the Atlantic […]
